Lead Partner Workshop

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Project Presentation

• Lead Partner Workshop
• Regional Planning, Territorial Regeneration and
  Urban Development
• Rotterdam, 07.12.2004
• Dr. Thomas RichterProject coordinator

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Saxony -Located in the Center of Europe
Reykjavik
3 h
Helsinki
Oslo
Tallinn
Stockholm
2 h
Moscow
Riga
Copenhagen
Vilnius
Dublin
Minsk
1 h
Hamburg
Warsaw
Amsterdam
London
Berlin
5 h
24 h
10 h
Saxony
Kiev
Brussels
Frankfurt
Prague
Luxembourg
Bratislava
Munich
Paris
12 h
Vienna
Budapest
Bern
Bucharest
Zagreb
24 h
Sofia
Rome
Lisbon
48 h
Madrid
Athens
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What means REVITAE?

• Restructuring,
• Economic development and
• Vitalisation supported by
• Innovation and
• Technology-transfer
• Activities and the
• Extension of co-operation

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The REVITAE operation - Facts
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Partners and Regions
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Objectives

• Creation and intensification of interregional
  co-operation on different levels
  Administration, industries, technology and
  innovation centers, enterprises
• Support with the creation of networks and
  clusters
• Exchange of experiences and Best Practices
• Knowledge transfer for regional development and
  the promotion of the innovation processes

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Project components

• C1 Management and Coordination
• R Saxony Economic Development Corporation
• T Months 1 - 36
• C2 Preparation and Analyses
• R Telepark Bärnbach GmbH
• T Months 1 - 12
• C3 Know-how and Knowledge Transfer
• R Small Business Development Centre Ljubljana
  (PCMG)
• T Months 5 - 30
• C4 Elaboration of the Strategies and Preparation
  of Pilot Projects
• R Municipality of Miskolc City
• T Months 27 - 36
• C5 Information and Dissemination
• R Saxony Economic Development Corporation
• T Months 1 - 36

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Component 1 (Management and Coordination)

• Duration
• Project Month 1 - 36
• Expected Outputs
• Successful project management and implementation
• Detailed reporting structure and quality
  assurance plan
• Partner Reports 6 (7) financial and activity and
  one final report/s per partner
• Progress Reports 6 (7) financial and activity
  and one final report/s (submitted by the lead
  partner)
• 1 Kick-Off-Meeting (Miskolc 06/2004) and 6
  steering commitee meetings

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Component 2 (Preparation and Analyses)

• Duration
• Project Month 1 - 12
• Expected Outputs
• Regional meetings, group discussions and focussed
  interviews with experts and representatives from
  SME, administrations etc.
• Four reported regional surveys on SME, one
  compiled report on the overall survey and
  evaluation of the results

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Component 3 (Know-how and Knowledge Transfer)

• Duration
• Project Month 5 - 30
• Expected Outputs
• Eight interregional conferences/workshops (two
  per region)
• At least five small regional workshops for SME in
  each region
• Min. 1.000 participants in the different
  workshops and events on regional and
  interregional level
• Publicity activities

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Component 4
(Elaboration of the Strategies and Preparation
of Pilot Projects)

• Duration
• Project Month 27 - 36
• Expected Outputs
• Four Workshops or sets of individual meetings
  with SME
• Final handbook / Guidelines on interregional
  strategies for economic development in border
  regions (in four languages)
• At least one further project per partner country
  will be developed and submitted.

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Component 5 (Information and Dissemination)

• Duration
• Project Month 1 - 36
• Expected Outputs
• Dissemination plan
• Web platform in four languages www.revitae.net
• Project folder and information material
• Public presentations on regional development
  conferences
• Biannual media publications
• Final publication on project and handbook
• Final conference

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Approach and Methodology
17. Juni 2004 Kick-Off-Meeting in Miskolc/Hungary
SME Survey
Regional Data
Regional Workshops
2004 2006 8 Interregional Conferences Hungary
- Slovenia - Styria - Saxony
Elaboration and Pilot Projects
Final Handbook
Further Projects
2007 Final Conference in Saxony
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Expected Results

• Direct results
• Newly established and increased knowledge
  transfer between the participating regions and
  organisations
• Increased regional and interregional co-operation
  activities
• Follow up projects
• Medium and long term impacts
• Positive impacts of regional innovation systems
  in border regions
• Wider acceptance of interregional co-operation
  especially in SME
• Improvement of regional and interregional
  development strategies
• Employment and environmental benefits

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1. Interregional conference REVITAE

• Date 15. and 16. November 2004
• Place Miskolc / Northern Hungary
• Theme Economic Development and
  Revitalization
• Content
• 1. Revitalization of mining and abandoned
  industrial areas
• 2. Economic and regional development
• 3. Networking and clustering
• Participants Representatives of regional
  adminstrations, companies, project
  partners

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1. Interregional conference REVITAE

• Workshop 1 Revitalization of mining and
  abandoned industrial areas
• Presentations and Discussions
• Revitalization of mining and abounded industry
  areas
• Heike Hertling , Montan-Bildungs- und
  Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
• The Saxonia Area (District Freibeg) example of
  a location development
• Erich Fritz, Managing Director SAXONIA
  Standortentwicklungs- und -verwaltungsgesellschaft
  mbH
• Revitalization of former mining areas /
  Development of transnational compuer-aides
  multicriteria decision aid for mining regions
  REVITAMIN (Interreg IIIB CADSES)

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800 years mining and metallurgical engineering
DestrictFeiberg
200 years materials development
45 years semiconductor production
Saxony, District Freiberg
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Freiberg, Saxonia Area 1989
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Freiberg, Saxonia Area 2004
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Deutsche Solar AG Geschäftsbereich Solar Materials
B.U.S ZinkrecyclingFreiberg GmbH Co.KG
Deutsche Solar AG GeschäftsbereichLogistik
Hüttenstraße
SAXONIA GmbH
Carl-Schiffner Straße
Alfred-Lange-Straße
Saxonia Elektronik GmbH
Haldenbereich
Alfred-Lange-Straße
Carl-Schiffner Straße
AutoserviceZimmermann e.K.
IP Instandhaltung und Anlagentechnik GmbH
P-D Engineering GmbH
UET Umwelt- und EnergietechnikFreiberg GmbH
Anschlußbahn
Choren Industries GmbH Choren FUEL GmbH
Freiberger Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH
Freiberg, Saxonia Area 2004
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Examples of Revitalization
Styria, Bärnbach
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Examples of Revitalization
Saxony, Southern Leipzig Area
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1. Interregional conference REVITAE

• Workshop 1 Revitalization of mining and
  abandoned
• industrial areas
• Preliminary Results
• Contacts for policy-makers on regional level
• Exchange of experience
• Knowledge Transfer
• Next Steps
• Summary of the results
• Individual discussions
• Project development

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Thank you for your attention! WIRTSCHAFTSFÖ
RDERUNG SACHSEN GMBH Saxony Economic Development
Corporation Bertolt-Brecht-Allee 22 D-01309
Dresden Telephone [phone] Fax 49
351 2138 399 Internet www.wfs.saxony.de E-Mail
ithomas.richter_at_wfs.saxony.de